large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
"The children picked ripe blackberries from the bramble bush in the backyard."
bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
"The children scrambled through the thorny blackberry patch to gather the ripe, juicy fruit."
A fruit-bearing shrub of the species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
"He checked his work emails on his blackberry while waiting at the train station."
A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
In plain English: A blackberry is a small, dark purple fruit that grows on bushes and tastes sweet when ripe.
"The children picked ripe blackberries from the bushes in their backyard."
Usage: The term refers to both the small, dark purple berry produced by bramble bushes and the plant itself that grows wild in hedgerows. People often confuse this specific fruit with similar-looking raspberries due to their shared family of thorny shrubs.
To gather or forage for blackberries.
"He tried to blackberry his boss, but the network was too slow to connect."
To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.
In plain English: To blackberry means to search for and pick wild berries from bushes growing outside.
"The phone is ringing and I am blackberrying to see if she can come over."
The word "blackberry" comes directly from Middle English and Old English compounds meaning literally "black berry." It entered the language as a straightforward description of the fruit's dark color rather than through any complex linguistic shift.